Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 February 1916, Page 1

Commercial.

THE NEW ZEALAND EARMER&' CO-OPER ATI VE DISTRIBIi T--ING COMPANY. LIMITED. WELLINGTON PRODUCE MARKET. WEEKLY REPORT. Wellington, I'Vij. l .O". (Trade in potatoes lias beun bi'i.k uiiil supplies just about equal to tin.- ;1 1 !- niuiiu. Excellent prices are obUuGiji and mere ia no iiuiiiediiato iiji'is 01 woa-kiies?. in values. Onions >mv very low in prko and ulio deiinuui poor. A Imr quantity oi North island r,iieai. is ottering and can be übhiinoa aiig-Ut-ly under southern parity. Practically no business is passing in oats. Maize js lower. Pollard Ls'in-w com- j iiig from Australia, and a sliarp decline I has taken place. We have done a large trado in chaff during the past two weeks, and values are steady. Straw is in good supply. The demand for porkers lias fallen consequent on. the prevalence of hot weather, bigis* arc steady. Honey is wanted in larger supplies. Vegetables.—CaLbago is coming to hand more freely and pnecs are lower-, .fc'or well packed lines oi cauliflower good prices are ruling. Lite doiuatKi for lettuce is not so great as last, week and only well pticked lines meet wrui ready sale. Carrots, white turnip and parsnips are in short supply and causo keon competition. Spring onions, leeks, and marrows ore in lair . demand, and satisfactory prices aro realized. Choice green peas ate realizing high prices, but interior lines arc hard to quit. Fruit.—Hutt tomatoes are coming to hand in large" quantities and prices are lower, large consignments aro arriving trom Nelson ami only better cLass lines are meeting with toady sale. Plums 7 apricots, greengages and peaches are in good demand, and high prices aro boiiig realized. Pears from .LLawke's Bay and Nelson districts are arriving in large quantities- and the market is over-supplied. uccai apples, bosh cooking and desert, aro in fair demand and satisfactory prices are realized. VEGETABLES. Potatoes.-—Choice Hutt lis Cd to lUs <jd per eivt; others is to tis per cv. t. Cabbage.—Choice spring 6s to 10a; others os to tis per sack. v-auiiUower.—Choice §a to &>; medium , 4s to tis sack. Carrots.—Best 6s to 0s; others &> to 3s tkl sack. Peas.—Choice Is to Is odi per pecu. Cmons—JtS per ton. Turnips.—White tts to IDs pel uaok. Lettuce— 4s to (is pel - case. Broad beans.—ss to (is per hail siuui. Spring Onions—(id to Ud buueu l'rench beans.— 3d to 4d per ib. Maa-jiows.—iis per case. Leeks. —6d to 8d par bundle. Spinach.—4s to us per case. Beetroot.—(is to 7a per sack. Spring Onions.—(id to yd bund' FRUIT. Apples.—Desert, choice (locaij 10s per case. Apples. —Cooking (local; tis per case. Isoctarines.—Choice 5a per hah case. Piuuis.—Burband oa per hall case. Plums.—Cooking 2s tkl to 3s (id per half case. Peaches.—Choice 7s bd; others 6s half case. Apricots.—Choice 7s (id; others k> Od lia.ll case. Black currants.—7e to 5a haii cjwo. Raspberries.—<s to bs oucket. Pears.— Local W.B.C. be to & per half case. Tomatoes. —Hutt 7d to ttd per lb. Nelson 8s to 10s per hall case. POULTRY. Poultry.'—Light Table Hens, 4s; Heavy Ideus, 5s (id to ; t>s; Coekcrois, 4a to ss; heavy Cockerels, (is to 7s. Goodheavy Ducks, 7s lid j lndi in Runners, 5s 6d to Gs per pair; 1 urkey Gobblers, 9d to lOdi per lb; Hons, 8d to 9d per lb live weight. GENERAL. Dressed Pork. —70's to «Jb s, 6id; f!0 s U 100's, (id; Baconers, ojdi; Choppate (heavy) 3id to 4d per lb. Our weekly pork sales each Thursday during spring. Honey.—ln &)'&, fid per lb,. Honey Sections—(is (3d per dozen. Beeswax.—ls 6d per lb. Fungus.—6Jd to 7d per lbWalnuts.—Bd to 3d per lb. Puire Pea Meal.—£lo 10s per ton. Linseed Oil Cake.— Meal and nuts (genuine) 14a cwt. Ton lota £13 *ob. Quicklime. —In 28tf> air-tight tins, Ss per tin. Meat and Bone Meal. —17s per 100; m per 50, and 5s per 251b bag. "Blue Bell" Arsenate of Lead at list rates. "Blue Bell" Lime Sulphur at ssi Vapourite (Strawson's)— Kills ail insects, 2os per owt; 15s per i-ewt. Sutton's Swede and Turnip Seedt per their list. Sutton's B. L. E. R®l>e. —la " in 281b sealed bags.

Gar ton's superlative swedes.—2e 6d per lb. Oatmeal. —Thistle brand 25's &a. Vvamgawft manures, as per price list, still available. Tea.—(i and 101b tins Is 8d; cheats Is 6d to Is lOd lb. Wheat—Good fowl wheat 6s 8r per bushel. 6s 7d sack lots. Good fowl wheat, slightly uiasty, 6s 4d. Maize 5s 9d per bushel. Oata.—Prime A Gartons 4b 6d. B Gar tons 4s sd; yp&rrowbills 4a 4d per buahel. Special quotes for large lots. Oats.—Crushed 4s 8d p®r bushel. Seed Oats.—Algerians <js 6di; Gartons 4* Bd. Barley Meal.—£9 10s per ton. Pollard. —£10 6s per ton. Rice Pollard—£(j per ton. liran.—£6 5s per ton. Rice Flour. £8 per ton. Chaff.—Oaten sheaf £6 6s per ton. Flour.—loo's 14* Sd; 200's 28s 9d. Sucrosino.—£B 10s per ton. Straw.—£3 7s 6d per ton. Basic Slag—£6. Superphosphates.—£6 per ton. Kerosene.—9s 6d case. Benzine.—lss case. 2d less for 10 or more cases. Candles.—l3s per box. Eggs.—Fresh Is 3d to is 4d dozen.